Crowdspring is a Scam – They Stole My Money! I worked multiple project through Crowdspring and successfully earned $2,245, but when it was time for payment, Ross Kimbarovsky, Mona, and Ashlee did not release my money without any reason. Instead of supporting freelancers, they act like greedy scavengers, banning my account for a month just to avoid paying me. I sent multiple emails asking for my rightful payment, but now they ignore me completely. Crowdspring operates like a den of frauds—taking work from designers but not paying them. They behave like ruthless predators, feeding off freelancers' hard work while offering nothing in return. If you are a designer, stay away from Crowdspring! They will take your work, make excuses, and leave you with nothing. I will continue to expose their shady and unethical practices on every platform possible until I get the payment I deserve. Crowdspring must be held accountable for their fraudulent actions! Service Date of experience: February 22, 2025I participated in contests on this website and won several contests, there were no problems with the client and the contests ran smoothly. The problem is when I want to withdraw the contest payment from this website to the designer, it takes a very long time, imagine, I have been waiting for payment for more than 6 months, and until now crowdspring is holding the payment for unclear reasons. To designers, I warn you not to participate in contests on this website because you will waste time and emotion to receive your money. For those of you who want to make designs on this website, I suggest you don't, because the money you pay is not passed on by Crowdspring to the designer, they steal it. Service Value Quality Date of experience: February 5, 2025I won a contest on Crowdspring but not only have they failed to pay me what I am rightfully owed, but they also suspended my account without any explanation and have completely ignored all my emails and support requests. Their actions are unprofessional, unethical, and outright theft. If you're a creative considering Crowdspring, STAY AWAY! This platform does not respect its users, fails to honor its agreements, and provides no accountability. I will be pursuing legal action to recover my money, but I'm warning others now: Don't trust them with your work. They are thieves! Tip for consumers:I won a contest on Crowdspring but not only have they failed to pay me what I am rightfully owed, but they also suspended my account without any explanation and have completely ignored all my emails and support requests. Their actions are unprofessional, unethical, and outright theft. If you’re a creative considering Crowdspring, STAY AWAY! This platform does not respect its users, fails to honor its agreements, and provides no accountability. I will be pursuing legal action to recover my mon Service Value Quality Date of experience: January 9, 2025I paid $1500K for the highest-tier package, expecting high-class designers to compete for my logo. Their marketing promised "top talent," but in reality, they pay designers a fraction of the price, meaning that real professionals never even participate! What I got? Beginner and mediocre designs. The submissions were generic and uninspired—definitely not worth thousands of dollars. Crowdspring is deceiving customers into believing they're hiring elite designers when, in fact, most are amateurs or low-tier freelancers. The biggest scam? Their "100% Money-Back Guarantee" is a LIE! We canceled the project on Day 4, fully within their refund policy, but they never returned a cent! Customer support kept stalling, ignoring emails, and refusing to process the refund. Now, I've had to file a chargeback through my bank just to fight for MY OWN MONEY! They take your money, exploit designers, and deliver garbage work. Avoid Crowdspring at all costs! This company should be SHUT DOWN for false advertising, unethical practices, and outright scamming businesses! If you value your time, money, and sanity—STAY AWAY! Date of experience: January 7, 2025If you are a freelance graphic designer or engage in graphic design as a part-time job, I strongly advise against using this website. They have a history of not paying on time. Despite their payment policy stating payment within 14 working days, they often fail to meet this commitment. Personally, I've experienced delays of up to 7 months in receiving payment. When inquiring about payment, their initial response typically blames delays in their payment system, unable to provide a specific payment date. If pressed further, they may threaten to delete your account. Many designers have faced similar issues, with some losing access to their creative accounts and their hard-earned money. Therefore, I urge caution and recommend avoiding this website for freelance graphic design work. Service Value Quality Date of experience: June 26, 2024The freelance designers on crowdspring are fantastic. Unfortunately, crowdspring will take your money and then fail to pay the designer. The company that designed my logo is still waiting for crowdspring to release my payment to them after 4 months, and apparently many have waited 6 months to a year. Others have had their profiles deleted for requesting payment. If you care at all about the people who put their hard work and creativity into the job you commissioned them for, don't use crowdspring. Tip for consumers:It's really sad that this company takes advantage of their creatives like this. Products used:I purchased a logo from crowdspring's freelance designers. The designers were fantastic and the process went smoothly. Unfortunately, crowdspring has pocketed my $1200+ and refuses to pay the designers. It's been 4 months and they keep giving them the run around. After doing some research, it seems this is hardly the first time this has happened. I've been trying to get in touch with crowdspring to gather more information and encourage payment, but they've been giving me the run around as well. Service Value Quality Date of experience: June 14, 2024We bought their platinum package and decided to cancel the contest because of bad quality of entries. They said they refund 100% but till now I dont have the money back. Dont' trust this company Crowd spring are they are just full of empty words and don't honor their commitment. Please do not use their service. Tip for consumers:Worst company. Don't start a contest with them. You will never get your money back. Products used:Logo Design Platinum Service 1174$ Service Value Quality Date of experience: April 6, 2022This is a scammer website. They don't pay the designers. I requested my two payments four months ago but still now it's processing. So request to all designers please don't work in crowdsping. Don't waste your time. Service Value Quality Date of experience: September 11, 2023Dear Community Members, It has come to my attention that there have been instances of unprofessional design practices and unauthorized use of copyrighted artwork on crowdspring.com. As a user who values ethical design standards and intellectual property rights, I feel compelled to bring this matter to your attention. It is to witness the lack of professionalism and disregard for copyright laws displayed by certain designers on this platform. Utilizing copyrighted artwork without permission not only undermines the integrity of the design industry but also exposes clients to potential legal repercussions. I urge all individuals seeking design services to exercise caution and due diligence when engaging with designers on this platform. Prioritize working with reputable professionals who uphold ethical standards, respect copyright laws, and deliver quality work in a transparent manner. Let us collectively advocate for integrity and ethical conduct within the design community. By staying informed, supporting original creativity, and fostering a culture of respect for intellectual property, we can create a safer and more professional environment for all stakeholders. Thank you for your attention to this matter, and please feel free to reach out if you have any concerns or questions. Best regards, Chris Products used:Online design service Service Value Quality Date of experience: July 11, 2024The client is satisfied, but not the designers. Crowdspring never pays the designers, if you keep asking about your rights for a payment, your account will be banned. Stay away from this platform, whether you're a client or a designer! Service Value Quality Date of experience: May 8, 2024Crowdspring promises a lot of things, but nothing hold up to it. All you get is a bunch of marketing emails from them. The platform submissions weren't worth it either. And as soon as you ask a designer to tweak a design they first want to know if you have other projects you are going to hire them for. I would rather find a design on Fiverr! Service Value Quality Date of experience: January 19, 2024I have won the project in August 2023 but still wating for my payment to be transferred. I have contacted their support many time and all the say is they cannot give me a date but they have successfully added the payment request in the queue.Where as in their terms and conditions they mentioned the payments will be processed with 14 working days but I am waiting for about for months :( Date of experience: November 30, 2023Hi All Laborer Designers, I worked on crowdspring before and that was a terrible mistake for me. If you new designer on on that platform they wait you for security process 1 month. Yes this is normal so many websites doing it. But after 1 moth again too there is no movement about payment. I texted a few times I guess they suspend my account now. If you check some forums and platforms you can see, there are so many topen tickets about this issue. I consider crowdspring is scam platform. Service Value Quality Date of experience: April 16, 2024STAY away CREATIVES... you will lose your Creative Account, Time, Money, and more... a scam... legal action must happen They will give you a bogus reason when you want to withdraw your money, and basically, your account will be lost. I want to take legal action on this freelancing site. Where should I go to file a case against them - Is there any international court where I file my case. I've all the info on how they cheated with the Clients & Creatives. Products used:I'm a Creative Service Date of experience: April 2, 2022I sponsored a design contest for a simple logo and got a few dozen entries as promised. Nothing spectacular, but you get what you pay for. As the contest wrapped up, several of the designs I liked -- ones I might have actually picked -- ended up being "withdrawn" for various reasons. We asked for a refund. Weeks went by and nothing happened. Finally had to file a charge-back with our credit card company. Service Value Quality Date of experience: June 18, 2021They just don't refund! They write me to wait for 2-3 weeks and 6 weeks has left, no one answering emails! I have started the investigation with my bank to return the money back! Don't use this site, they even have not good designers (I chose maximal package 1499$) Products used:Logo, brand book Service Value Quality Date of experience: June 12, 2021I would definitely use this platform again! Wish I found you guys sooner. Wonderful and efficient. We threw a lot of projects at the creative with a very short turnaround time and the work was great! Thank you. Date of experience: September 28, 2020I would suggest not working with Crowdspring. My experience was a poor one and similar to other reviews I've ready online. Crowdspring withheld payment from me. Date of experience: March 20, 2023I've used Crowdspring twice, once back in 2009 and then again this month. While the site has improved overall, I think it's telling that both experiences were simple, straightforward, and positive. I'm sure I'll use them again, though perhaps sooner than 11 years! Date of experience: August 3, 2020This company are crooks they will steal money from the clients and won't pay their designers either, quick heads up there are 2 payments that's involved with this company which are the service fee that allows access to the "thousands" of designers and then the payment to the artists. Never assure your design with them... this is just another way for them to give you the bottom of the barrel designers and keep your money regardless of the work. LGBTQ businesses don't even bother they have no one to service you trust me I'm speaking from experience. Tip for consumers:DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY THEY ARE CROOKS THEY ONLY USE THE GOOD REVIEWS ON THEIR WEBSITE!!! Products used:Graphic Design Date of experience: November 27, 2020Avoid working with CrowdSpring because they don't pay designers for the work they do. It is a scam and all designers know it so you're not going to get quality designs. More than 6 months waiting for my money and I am sure that I will never have it. Tip for consumers:logo design scam business Products used:Design services Service Value Quality Date of experience: February 9, 2022They do not pay designers for the work done. Please stay away from these frauds and do not waste time and effort to design for them. And if you are a client please know that the money you pay never goes to designers so stop supporting them, there are other platforms that offer the same services and have a better behaviour towards the people who support their business. Date of experience: September 26, 2020Scam. They don't pay the designers and ban them for asking they're after 3 months of waiting I asked for my money but they ban me and close my account because I'm asking about my money process. Tip for consumers:This website must be banned and warring all designers and clients for using it.Its a totally a frau and scam. Products used:Design services Service Value Quality Date of experience: August 4, 2023Crowdsourcing is not design, let's just get that straight from the beginning. If you really believe that an individual desperate enough to participate in these sites is a real designer, you'd be wrong. If you believe they have ethics and integrity, you'd be wrong. If you believe you're going to have the opportunity to enter into some collaboration with someone who's producing work for free in the hopes of an award, you'd be wrong. However, of all the sites with this abysmal model, crowdSPRING tries at least to do it right. So, in short, if you are too cheap to pay a real designer and too ignorant to understand what a designer actually does (or you just don't value what they do), crowdsourcing will be just the thing on which to waste your money. Date of experience: April 2, 2018The BBB Complaints regarding CrowdSpring go unanswered by the company. I paid Crrowdspring $299.00 for a t-shirt design that they advertised and promised to provide dozens of unique designs within 7 days and which they further promised a 100% refund if not fully satisfied with the designs. Three and four days later, after having received only one design, I contacted Crowdspring regarding my disappointment with the design and the fact that my 7 days was almost up and still had only 1 design that was not at all consistent with what I requested and very amateurish. I requested a full refund multiple times prior to the 7 days being up and after subsequent amateurish designs that were not consistent with my brief. I received an email response from Ashlee confirming receipt of my written requests for a refund and stating "I will forward your request to our refund team. Refunds take around 3 weeks to complete." It has now been over 30 days and not only have I still not received the refund, but no one from Crowdspring has responded to my follow up email regarding having not received the respond. Tip for consumers:Amateurish designs for $299 and false promises of 100% refund. Products used:none Service Value Quality Date of experience: January 9, 2023